Abbott's moray eel

Taxobox
name = Abbott's moray eel

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Anguilliformes
familia = Muraenidae
genus = "Gymnothorax"
species = "G. eurostus"
binomial = "Gymnothorax eurostus"
binomial_authority = (Abbott, 1860)

The Abbott's moray eel, "Gymnothorax eurostus", is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific antitropical [ [http://www.fishbase.org/Glossary/Glossary.cfm?TermEnglish=antitropical Glossary Searched Term ] ] in distribution. Reported from the Seychelles. Found in the eastern Pacific from Costa Rica and Easter Island, at depths down to 40 m. Its length is up to 60 cm.

The Abbott's moray eel is a shallow-water, inshore reef species, though not often seen.

Coloration is dark purplish brown with small yellow spots which are sparse on the tail.

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